Date: | Monday 18 February 1991 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing 747-136 |
Owner/operator: | British Airways |
Registration: | G-AWND |
MSN: | 19764/107 |
Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Kuwait International Airport (KWI) -
Kuwait
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:The aircraft was at Kuwait Airport during the Iraqi invasion of August 2, 1990 and blown up by Iraqi forces when allied forced intervened.
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
9 May 1988 |
G-AWND |
British Airways |
0 |
near Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD) |
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Location
Images:
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photo (c) U.S. DoD; Kuwait International Airport (KWI); February 1991
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photo (c) Alex Tanner
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photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); 04 August 1986
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photo (c) Bob Garrard; Toronto-Pearson International Airport, ON (YYZ/CYYZ); July 1977
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photo (c) Kazuhiro Kobayashi; London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL); 11 July 1982
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photo (c) Kazuhiro Kobayashi; Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC); 10 July 1982
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